We would like to congratulate Melanie Shedd on receiving the High School Chemistry Teaching Award, sponsored by the St. Louis Section of the American Chemical Society. This award was created to recognize, encourage, and stimulate outstanding teachers of high school chemistry. Melanie has taught students chemistry at Principia Upper School in St. Louis, MO since […]
Greetings St Louis Local Section Members! Here is an update on the “Graduating Undergrad” coaching workshops. We successfully completed the February and March workshops with 20+ attendees from SIUE, UMSL, SLU, Maryville, and Principia. At the February workshop, ACS Career Consultant Lisa Balbes gave several important tips on résumé writing and how to prepare for
Back in July of 2020, we announced that Richard Loomis had been chosen as the 2020 St. Louis Award winner. Normally we would come together to celebrate the winner’s accomplishments with a dinner and symposium. We all know that the last 12 months have been anything but normal. To help celebrate Dr. Loomis’ achievement, the
It is our distinct pleasure to announce the winner of the 2021 American Chemical Society, St. Louis Section, Chemical Science and Technology Award: Joseph Hardimon, MS. He is currently the Research and Development Manager of Jost Chemical Company in St. Louis. He oversees the process development, quality, regulatory, and sales & marketing of the product
St Louis Local Section Councilor Donna Friedman, just back from in front of her computer screen, where the national Council Meeting was hosted virtually, has provided us with the Councilor Talking Points (CTP) summary of Council and Board actions. Herewith an executive summary of the summary, a curated selection of topics that might be of
The St. Louis chapter of the American Chemical Society is pleased to announce the winners of the Outstanding Junior Chemistry Student awards for 2021. Each college and university in the local section territory chooses its winner. ACS 2021 WINNERS OUTSTANDING JUNIOR CHEMISTRY STUDENT AWARDS [column col=”1/2″] Mariah Harned Greenville University Jessica Rosenstein Lindenwood University *
Nominations are solicited for the St Louis Award, which has been sponsored by the Monsanto Company (now Bayer) and administered by the St Louis Section–ACS. Nominees should be individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the profession of chemistry and demonstrated potential to further the advancement of the chemical profession. The awardee is selected by
Everyone’s most anticipated annual article has appeared in the February 1 Chemical & Engineering News. The 2020 salary survey, formally titled, “What US chemists made before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2020 ACS salary survey,” features pretty good pre-pandemic chemical employment news. The nicest tidbit: unemployment among those responding to the survey dropped to
Your assistance in identifying candidates for the 2021 American Chemical Society (ACS) Midwest Award is solicited. In 1944, the St. Louis Section of the ACS established, and since then sponsors and funds the ACS Midwest Award to recognize “those who have made meritorious contributions to the advancement of pure or applied chemistry, or chemical education”
Sophia Hayes, outgoing Chair What a year it’s been! What makes me most proud of our section is how we pulled together during a challenging time to support one another and keep things moving forward both personally and professionally for our community. Members of the section did amazing things (!) … we stayed connected with
